Tag Archives: Stupidity

Is Halloween too scary?

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Nils

This is an article from last year, but I didn’t see it then: The BBC asked [whether Halloween was too scary](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6099008.stm) after some dim-witted British preacher suggested that the horror theme of Halloween was “too scary for children and adults”: … Continue reading →

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Pupils distressed by Potter reading

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Nils

The BBC reports: >A headteacher caused some distress by reading to about 400 children from the last page of the final Harry Potter book at a primary school in Somerset. > >One pupil at St John’s School in Midsomer Norton … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Nils

Today is the day the “last” Harry Potter book gets published. Crazed fans are [besieging bookshops](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6909153.stm), which will start the sales frenzy at midnight. A lot of these crazed fans are adults. Now here’s something the government could do to … Continue reading →

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How Ignorant Do People Have To Be…

Posted on October 6, 2002 by Nils

…to fall for this? You all know these advertisement banners that look – more or less – like Windows error dialogs. Yes, faking a dialog of an OS is really so difficult that you cannot expect these people to get … Continue reading →

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